Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Life Saving SERVICE Bureau One
of the Attractive PLACES In the
Treasury Department..
Cost OF Government Printipg-Oregon'a
Senators-Nine Toes on One Fosf.
Americans Fleecsd at Auctions.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Depa -tment to visit % the exhibition OF
the life saving service connected With the
Light House Board. TIE gallery is in
front, top story, and is in charge OF gar
rulous cOlored man VINO rattlea CT IN
sp,smodc Jerks cut and dried speech
explaining the various devices USED IN
tue life saving service. The ftst objsct
that strikes the eye Of the visitor is YES
sci ii distress among the breskeFs, and
the surfmen at work with their lie car
bringing the passengers TO sn0re. The
device is very neat one snd is veil dis
played. Then there Sre numerous de-
vi cs OF drag and gun carriages.
which is filed with lAs nEcessSE
material to propel the rope $40
across the wreck. The various rockNisfn
use among TIE service men Of E0g'snd,
Germany and Russia are also exhibited
oy he side Of the rocket used in this
country, which shows the great SUPERIOR
ty Of the American rocket. rather curl
Gus relic is the piece Of hull Of a British
sch rOner over which the first bali WAS
fired by the life-saving service in 1859
The wreck occurred Of the coast OF New
jersey, and every life WIS saved from the
vessel, which achievement WAS hera'ded
IS the greatest feat Of the time and led to
the many improvements row in vogue IN
the service. The cannon and the bsll are
algo Included in the relics OF that note
worthy affair. The various designs i'm
signaling by day, and the famous night
signals, as patented by Mr.. CostOn Of this
city are also shown. In the year
(fscsl) 1887, the life saving sereice
rendered aid to 467 vessels OF
every description, with passengers num-
bered 1t 3O79, OF which number they res
cu.d all but twenty-fve-a better show
lug than any other Country ever made.
rhe officers connected with the light
house board take great interest IN their
gall 3 and are adding new features TO
it ss fast as they are accumulated. IL is
already en- Interesting place TO visit, and
one can see here the methcCs OF patrol
ing orr seacOasts By the brave mea OF the
liie-saving service. This bureau is spe-
cisl pet Of Sunset Cox, VINO is It's foster
father. He has taken the lead in legtsla
ton creating and maintaining II, anu has
constantly guarded IT'S interest with scru-
pu Gus care and diligence.
Senator D0iph, of Oregon, is taller,
mO!e erect, more angular, has longer
Snd straighter besrd and more Of mill
tary beariug than Senator Mitchell. H
lives in the old R:thbOne house On Lafay-
cite square, which is filed with rare
works of costly books aad furnished
| IN beautifully csrved walnut, the b1oA
cases Fl ting in the walls. HIS wife is
devoted society woman and is counted
among the handsome matrons or Wash
ington. She is Of large frame, with the
blacklist of black eyes, wealth OF dark
hair, and R0uld sc taken for q Spsniard
| by those VINO do not know her. The
| family consists OF FIVE children, three
| boys and TWO girls, all OF whom lnherlt
| beauty from their parents. Mrs. n xon,
the eldest child, is greatly admired for
| her beauty and attractive manners, and
some surprise was expressed last spring
| by the gossips when she chose q Wash
| ingtoa correspondent for her husband,
| buG the match has been most happy one
and she is entirely devoted to her hard
working spouse, whom she often helps IN
his journalistic work. The Oregon Sena-
tors are Of the same age, and both are
esteemed highly as lawyers st home.
Mitchell has the quicker mind OF the two,
and his unassumiDg manners contr: st
with the military bearing OF Senator
| DoIph. The sepior Senator bears the
true senatorial dignity and s'yle so as =
be in keeping with The tall ceilings and
carved oak of his reception room, and the
portraits of the mighty statesman and
men of rank which adorn his study walls.
He is moreover a most polite and
courteous gentlemen, snd makes you feel
st home when talking with him. Oregon
is certainly Well represented in the
Senate Sac has two men, both in the
prime OF life, both men OF ability, both
good speakers and sound thinkers, and
Doth beautifully endoTed with good
| looks.
The Americans are gullible people, and
Washington furnishes it's full quotS of
credulous persons. Scarcely a week
passes that the auction houses are not
full of buyers who are regularly 1eeced
by the wary tradesTuan. A short time
ago large sale of paintings was sdver-
tised at one of our leading auction
houses. These pictures were supposed
to be the productions OF famous artists
Figures rem high and fabulous prices
we're paid for the reputation Of mediocre
artists. One OF the tricks of the trade ls
10 gsther together q lot of paintings by
artists whose names often hear e simllar-
ity to noted painters. Fer example, 9
small sketch by Corow, an obscure artist
from the south, will be put Up and
sold 10 the unwary and uuiDf 'rmed
purchaser, who thinks he hiss secured
great prize end bargain. PAoTo-EravuIes
are often sold for fine engrsvings, and
what sre bought for artists proofs are
often found TO be the poorest aud latest
lmprints, when scrutinized under the full
gaze oE brilliant light, aided
sided By the msgniiying glass. These
little tricks sre not cor fined TO paintings,
oric-s-brsc, rugs, china, plated ware,
which has been discarded by dealers OF
manufacturers as Imperfect, or ''dead
stock" finds a ready market here and If
eegerly snapped up by people who thinf
they are getting the genuine articles FOL
what they consider cheap figures. The
auction business in Washington is s pay
ing one and it will remain so SIS long g
geople will attend the sales and bd5
spurious articles. !.
Few people realize how much itcosH
TO run the government printing. The toSs
cost cur ne the last fiscal year wss ~,
SO3, 433 made up as follows: Cost of Noi
for executive department. 81 0aso43
cost If work for Congress. 1857 SIS; cos
% NoorroasiopcJ Rarord GIn6 IQ2. cost O1